Something I have taught my 6yr son is that life is not fair. For awhile he was on a kick about how things were not fair. So my wife and I sat down with him and bluntly told him life was not fair AND THAT IT WAS NEVER GOING TO BE FAIR.
We told him the life is not fair to us but we were smart enough and tough enough to look at where things can be done despite it not being fair.
We told him that if we made life fair for him now, that he would be the saddest boy on earth when it was time to get a job or live in his own house becuase the people outside our home are not going to treat him fair.
We told him if we teach him now how to adapt and overcome when life is not fair now, that he will be way ahead of his freinds as they got older becuase he will have mastered howe to deal with the unfairness before him like he has mastered his piano and academics.
We told him that learning how to succeed despite the world being unfair is as important as his schoolwork and his piano.
Since that talk, we have not heard a word about life being unfair.
Oh and while people dwell on the "tiger mom" they better not forget bout the "lion dad"
Gifted children need to be stimulated and challenged becuase it is what they are. They need to learn early how to deal with difficult problems and tests and not to "coast" forever on their talent becuase it will fail them when life tests them outside the realm of mommy and daddy.
